Atletico Madrid vs Eintracht Frankfurt

Atlético Madrid have won 10 of their 11 home games in the UEFA Champions League since the start of the 2023-24 season (L1), with no team winning more often on home soil in the competition in this period (10 also for Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Internazionale).

Eintracht Frankfurt’s 5-1 loss at Atlético Madrid was their heaviest defeat in major European competition since September 1990, when they lost 5-0 against Brøndby IF in the UEFA Cup.

Atlético Madrid reached 200 goals in the UEFA Champions League (now on 204), becoming the 17th side to reach this milestone in the competition. They’re the third Spanish side to do so (after Real Madrid and Barcelona), with only England (5) having more to reach a double century of goals.

This will be the third meeting between Atlético Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt in European competition, with the previous two coming in the last 16 of the 1975-76 Cup Winners’ Cup, and both won by the German side (2-1 away and 1-0 at home).

The last German side to win away to Atlético Madrid in major European competition was Borussia Dortmund in October 1996 (1-0 in the UEFA Champions League). Since then, Atlético are unbeaten in 14 such matches, winning 10 of them (D4).

Atlético Madrid have won their last two games against German sides in the UEFA Champions League, beating both RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen in the league phase last season (both 2-1). They last won three in a row against German sides in major European competition in December 1999 (3 – one win v Borussia Dortmund and two v Wolfsburg).

Eintracht Frankfurt enjoyed their biggest win in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League since beating Rangers 6-1 in April 1960 when they hammered Galatasaray 5-1 on MD1 this season. They last won their first two major European matches in a season in 2018-19 in the Europa League, eventually reaching the semi-finals.

Atlético Madrid have won nine of their last 10 home matches in the UEFA Champions League (L1). Since the start of the 2023-24 season, they have the highest home win percentage in the competition (90% - min. two home matches played).